Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 1a. U.S. Imports For Consumption of Alloy Steel Products: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/value In thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. 2002 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 263,156 165,347 285,643 164,120 Ingots And Steel For Castings 575 526 583 463 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 45,085 8,973 80,834 15,779 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,399 3,769 6,313 2,004 Plates Cut Lengths 16,331 8,037 19,932 11,491 Plates In Coils 6,176 2,127 8,749 3,104 Rails Standard 267 294 44 27 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,269 27,213 54,154 26,846 Bars - Light Shaped 2,225 1,062 2,913 997 Bars - Cold Finished 3,407 3,891 4,468 5,709 Tool Steel 9,709 12,718 8,217 14,022 Standard Pipe 878 1,397 1,047 1,967 Oil Country Goods 17,690 15,462 7,755 10,367 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 19,686 12,674 13,409 8,616 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 20 133 163 203 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,550 13,619 7,433 10,102 Pressure Tubing 6,189 13,355 5,001 10,234 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 249 844 269 831 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,312 2,402 1,905 1,463 Pipe For Piling 93 49 73 37 Wire Drawn 9,300 9,011 7,343 7,391 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,863 1,802 4,854 2,069 Sheets Cold Rolled 4,582 2,601 6,288 3,392 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 29,131 15,416 34,659 18,699 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,413 2,340 3,002 2,484 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,999 2,305 3,206 2,266 Strip - Hot Rolled 418 229 1,041 557 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,342 3,099 1,985 2,999 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2001 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 288,688 199,526 282,861 186,256 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,708 940 1,657 1,325 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,883 7,889 50,717 13,561 Structural Shapes Heavy 13,355 4,156 7,980 3,031 Plates Cut Lengths 12,720 9,634 14,965 10,494 Plates In Coils 9,161 3,271 6,203 2,240 Rails Standard 25 17 54 42 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,629 29,668 64,888 32,691 Bars - Light Shaped 953 394 476 292 Bars - Cold Finished 6,813 7,360 5,787 6,395 Tool Steel 14,633 18,584 12,805 18,842 Standard Pipe 1,043 1,416 1,257 1,644 Oil Country Goods 36,137 35,062 21,446 24,467 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 2,964 1,581 2 26 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 54 71 218 460 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 13,100 15,976 10,843 13,596 Pressure Tubing 1,909 2,521 2,899 3,192 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 232 596 114 498 Structural Pipe & Tube 920 957 2,099 1,244 Pipe For Piling 194 46 57 28 Wire Drawn 6,175 6,732 6,239 7,005 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,769 4,281 7,154 3,567 Sheets Cold Rolled 28,864 12,924 31,037 14,913 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 38,317 19,621 17,592 9,691 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,652 1,764 4,073 2,616 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,763 7,013 9,500 6,240 Strip - Hot Rolled 485 332 315 208 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,228 6,720 2,484 7,947 ____________________________________________________________________________________ April Cumulative To Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,256,563 725,112 1,046,891 726,831 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,539 3,643 7,111 4,290 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 304,787 58,924 130,821 36,455 Structural Shapes Heavy 33,689 11,588 40,093 13,998 Plates Cut Lengths 97,614 52,449 56,533 40,710 Plates In Coils 25,729 9,000 26,684 10,137 Rails Standard 1,330 925 1,204 500 Bars - Hot Rolled 231,121 112,557 210,614 111,749 Bars - Light Shaped 8,361 3,429 3,181 1,353 Bars - Cold Finished 17,463 21,050 23,496 24,977 Tool Steel 40,970 55,875 54,207 76,500 Standard Pipe 3,433 6,304 4,290 5,940 Oil Country Goods 49,011 58,911 98,528 108,339 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 60,926 38,664 7,007 3,895 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 720 3,676 2,240 1,959 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 33,554 46,713 46,679 57,330 Pressure Tubing 20,011 41,617 9,078 11,413 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 943 3,355 544 2,009 Structural Pipe & Tube 8,687 6,755 4,058 3,728 Pipe For Piling 201 106 310 105 Wire Drawn 30,141 30,349 25,618 27,820 Sheets Hot Rolled 26,189 12,893 26,148 13,994 Sheets Cold Rolled 62,646 28,179 110,182 54,990 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 137,672 72,173 92,501 49,397 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 14,685 11,254 14,062 9,064 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 29,636 18,634 39,680 27,396 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,376 2,325 1,341 854 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,128 13,767 10,681 27,929 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."